Leigh v. Laughlin

In this case there is no material disagreement between counsel as to the law. The question to be decided is one of fact, upon which the master in chancery to whom the issue was referred found in favor of appellee, and on exceptions to his report the circuit court decided in favor of appellant, and the Branch Appellate Court for the First District, which reviewed the evidence on appeal, arrived at the same conclusions as the master.

The suit grew out of a claim by appellant that he was jointly interested with appellee in a contract made by the latter with the Chicago Railway Equipment Company,…